Meteorus papiliovorus Zitani, 1997

Aguirre, Helmuth, de Almeida, Luis Felipe, Shaw, Scott Richard & Sarmiento, Carlos E., 2015, An illustrated key to Neotropical species of the genus Meteorus Haliday (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Euphorinae), ZooKeys 489, pp. 33-94 : 76

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Braconidae

Meteorus papiliovorus Zitani, 1997

Material revised.

Seventy one females (point mounted), ECUADOR, Napo, 00°43'52.5"S, 77°46'25.3"W, Narupa, sendero Alucus, 1186 m, each wasp was collected as a solitary parasitoid on individual larvae of Papilionidae "popo de pajaro" 14.IX.2013 feeding on a lemon tree Citrus sp. ( Rutaceae ); all parasitoids larvae pupated 2.X.2013; 11 wasps emerged 24.IX.2013, one emerged 27.IX.2013, five emerged 30.IX.2013, two emerged 1.X.2013, 39 emerged 7.X.2013, three emerged 8.X.2013, five emerged 9.X.2013, two emerged 10.X.2013 and three emerged 14.X.2013; rearing codes: YY 80190-202, 80204-209, 80211-217, 80222, 80224, 80226-229, 80231-233, 80235-236, 80238-244, 80246-247, 80249-251, 80254, 80257, 80261-268, 80271-275, 80277-282, 80284, UWIM.

Comments.

Meteorus papiliovorus Zitani represents the first Neotropical member of this genus known to have a strong preference for Papilionidae : originally described from Costa Rica parasitizing Parides sesostris zestos (Gray) and Papilio anchisiades idaeus (Fabricius, 1793) in 1997 ( Zitani et al. 1997), and reared in 1946 in Colombia parasitizing Papilio anchisiades capis ( Hübner) and in 1999 parasitizing Papilio anchisiades idaeus ( Aguirre et al. 2011).